Improvement in car-couplings



G.. MAUS.

Gar-Goupling.

Patented sept. 2a, 1815.

C n m m m w u. w m P .m m. n J u tion.

CHARLES MAUS, oE DANvlLLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

:IMPROVEMENT IN cAR-coUPLINGs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,270, dated September 28, 1875; application led l Y July 24, 1s75.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:V

Be it known thatl, CHARLES MAUS, of

\ f Danville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, `have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,l and exactdescription thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specifica# The nature of my invention consists `in the construction and arrangement of a car-coupforth.

"In the annexed drawing, Figure-1 is a bottom view. l `Fig@ is a central vertical section. Fig`;3 is a detail Section of draw-head.

A represents an ordinary draw-head, such as are now in common use7 with the front part or bumper taken off, and two posts, aa, inserted at the front end and lirmly riveted. B is a clutch hinged by means of a bolt, y, to the draw-head in rear of the two posts a a, and provided or formed with a lever, C, projecting inward into the draw-head. This lever is operated upon bya spring, D, which is fastened at the back end-ot' the drawhead to two l V posts,d d, lirmly` riveted to said draw head.

On each side of the lever C are two other posts, e e, one ofv which holds the clutch in place, and the other prevents the .lever from being draw-n past the spring.

y '.Io an eyein theleve'r o is attached a rod, f, which extends out to the side of the car, and

provided at its outer end with a suitable handle by means of which the cars are uncoupled. Onthe rod f is a plu, t', to catch in a Slotted plate, h, for Vholding the clutch to one side, so that it will not couplewhen the cars are brought together.

On the opposite car there is an upright lever, h', to show the mode of uncoupling passenger-cars.

The clutch is to be made of sufficient depth to couple cars ot' different height.

It will be seen that the coupliugclutches are each formed with an upper and a lower rear-extending ear, z z, which stradllle the draw-head and allow the lever 'C which extends between said ears to pass into the drawhead, as shown. These clutches are each detachably-connected to the draw-head by the single bolt y, and can be removed therefro by simply extracting the bolt.

Witha very slight change, my couplingclutches can be applied to any ordinary drawhead now in use.

'Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is n In combination with the draw-heads A A, provided with springs D, and stops, as described, the coupling-clutches B B provided with ears z z, and levers C, and detachablyconnected to the draw-heads by the bolts Y, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES MAUS.

Witnesses p ZACHARIAH MARKLE,

GEORGE B. OGoNNoR. 

